Open AccessWhy do Patients Engage in Pain Behaviors? A Qualitative Study Examining the Perspective of Patients and Partners
Author(s) -
Fatemeh Akbari,
Mohsen Dehghani,
Somayyeh Mohammadi,
Liesbet Goubert,
Robbert Sanderman,
Mariët Hagedoorn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the clinical journal of pain/the clinical journal of pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.109
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1536-5409
pISSN - 0749-8047
DOI - 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000868
Subject(s) - anger , hostility , perspective (graphical) , psychological intervention , qualitative research , pain catastrophizing , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , nonprobability sampling , chronic pain , psychiatry , social science , population , environmental health , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science
Patients' pain behavior plays an important role in the interaction between patients and their partners, as acknowledged in operant models of pain. However, despite the considerable research attention to pain behaviors, the underlying motives of such behaviors are still unclear. The current study explores the motives to engage in pain behaviors and the possible discrepancies between individuals experiencing pain and partners' perceptions of those motives.